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# MTT: Is Your Music Lost in Translation?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mtt-is-your-music-lost-in-translation/
- Published: 2010-10-13T14:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-13T14:20:00.000Z
- Description: In his recent post, Max Willens explores the difficulty of translating and bringing ideas into the real world. He references a New York Times editorial, Found in Translation, which describes. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/mtt-is-your-music-lost-in-translation.html]
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- Tags: Music Think Tank, Found in Translation, ideas, Max Willens, translating, vision, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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In his recent post, **Max Willens** explores the difficulty of translating and bringing ideas into the real world. He references a New York Times editorial, Found in Translation, which describes the challenge of transforming an idea into a novel. Similarly, artists struggle with how satisfied they are with their work. Max brings up some interesting questions about how initial ideas change when artists collaborate with engineers to clean up tracks, mix, etc.

“On the one hand, creators are blessed with a **lifetime of opportunities** to bring their visions into the real world. On the other, most of them are tormented by insecurity, doubts, and the never-ending **struggle** of trying to create the ideal things their imaginations conjure up.” ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/does-your-music-always-come-out-the-way-you-want-it-to.html?ref=hypebot.com "Read On"))